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What happens when professional expertise conflicts with lived reality

I teach economics at a community college and explain theories of market efficiency to students who work full-time and still cannot afford textbooks, and I question everything I was taught about how the system works.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Direct exposure to economic hardship challenges theoretical frameworks and creates doubt about systems previously accepted as rational or fair.

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